Nanoarchitectures as photoanodes

Title

Nanoarchitectures as photoanodes

Creator

Murthy H.

Description

This chapter looks into providing detailed information on the state-of-the-art and recent trends on materials and nanoarchitectures for improved photoanode device. It provides a roadmap for researchers toward optimization of photoanodes using advanced material engineering. The chapter casts some light on the performance of various photoanode materials and nanostructures, such as TiO2, ZnO, SnO2, Nb2O5, Al2O3, ZrO2, CeO2, SrTiO3, Zn2SnO4, and carbon in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). Plasmonic photoanodes are an emerging field in DSSC spanning a wide range of materials where the paramount challenge is coming up with effective strategies to incorporate suitable plasmonic structures into nanocrystalline and nanostructured electrodes. Optical excitation of the dye is the basis of DSSC operation, where an electron is excited from the dye molecule into the conduction band of a wideband metal oxide. 2020 JohnWiley & Sons Inc. All rights reserved.

Source

Interfacial Engineering in Functional Materials for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells, pp. 35-77.

Date

2019-01-01

Publisher

wiley

Subject

Dye-sensitized solar cells; Nanoarchitectures; Optical excitation; Photoanode device; Photoanode materials

Coverage

Murthy H., Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, CHRIST University, Kanminike, Bengaluru, India

Rights

Restricted Access

Relation

ISBN: 978-111955740-1; 978-111955733-3

Format

Online

Language

English

Type

Book chapter

Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119557401.ch3

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